I Think That Things Are

My Mother Used To Say When We Were Children, 'when A Boy Gets A Stick In His Hand, His Brains Run Out The Other End Of It.' Power Is A Stick In The Hand, And I Have Never Heard Of Anybody Who Wielded A Very Big Stick Of Power Whose Brains Did Not Run Out The Other End. As A Nation, Our Brains Are Running Out The Other End Of Our Power Right Now.

The Primary Conflict, I Think, Is Between People Whose Interests Are With Already Well-established Economic Activities, And Those Whose Interests Are With The Emergence Of New Economic Activities.

I Get Absolutely Ruthless In My Own Way About Not Doing Anything Else When I Am Trying To Concentrate On Writing A Book. I Have To Stick To It And Concentrate.

There Is A Quality Even Meaner Than Outright Ugliness Or Disorder, And This Meaner Quality Is The Dishonest Mask Of Pretended Order, Achieved By Ignoring Or Suppressing The Real Order That Is Struggling To Exist And To Be Served.

Expanding The Toronto Island Airport Will Undermine The Downtown's Economy And Liveability And Intensify Pollution And Smog From Oshawa To Oakville. I Urge Torontonians To Close Down This Dangerous Trojan Horse And Get On With Planning Constructive And Delightful Ways Of Using Our Magnificent Lakeside Assets.